
This folder contains data and code to replicate the results from:

  Fleming, T. G., Hix, S., and Zubek, R. (2024) The origins of centralized agenda control at Westminster: Consensus or controversy? Legislative Studies Quarterly.

It contains the following two files:

  * analysis.do - Stata code for generating all quantitative analysis presented in the main paper and appendix.
  * speeches.xlsx - the text of parliamentary speeches used to produce Table 2 and Table A4, showing how each MP's position on each amendment was classified, and reporting a key quotation for each MP-amendment pair. Also contains the relevant vote positions, based on votes_parliament_27.csv, for comparison.

Users will also need to download a file from the Eggers and Spirling British Political Development database, 1802--2010, which can be found online at https://andy.egge.rs/eggers_spirling_database.html, and which has the following citation: Eggers, A. C., & Spirling, A. (2014). Electoral Security As a Determinant of Legislator Activity, 1832-1918: New Data and Methods for Analyzing British Political Development. Legislative Studies Quarterly, 39(4), 593–620.

The specific required file from that database is called 'votes_parliament_27.csv', and this provides the full record of divisions in the 1900-1905 parliament, used for all of our analyses of voting patterns.